• Only those candidates whose date of birth falls on or after 1 October 1991 are eligible for admission. However, in the case of Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons with Disability (PwD) candidates, upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years, i.e. SC, ST and Persons with Disability (PwD) candidates who were born on or after 1 October 1986 are eligible for admission. Date of Birth as recorded in the Secondary Education Board (Class X, High School) certificate only will be taken as authentic.
• Candidate must have passed in the final examination of 10+2 (Class XII), or its equivalent, referred to as the qualifying examination.
• Subject combinations required in the qualifying examination for admission to B.E. & B.Arch programmes shall be as under:
  

  Course	Required Criteria based on Class 12th / Equivalent Qualifying Examination
  B.E.	1. Language, 2-Physics, 3-Mathematics, 4- Any one of (Chemistry / Biology / Biotechnology / Technical Vocational subject), 5- Any other Subject [Physics and Mathematics are as compulsory and one of the Chemistry / Biotechnology / Biology / Technical Vocational subject.] With at least 45% marks and 40% in case of SC/ST/PwD candidates in each of the subjects.
  B.Arch.	1. Language, 2-Physics, 3-Mathematics, 4- Any one of (Chemistry / Biology / Biotechnology / Technical Vocational subject), 5- Any other Subject. A total of five subjects in which Mathematics is compulsory. Aggregate 50% marks in above subjects taken together [for all categories].

• The candidate must have appeared in JEE (Main) 2016 and should have secured a valid overall AIR (CRL) in JEE (Main) 2016 [Paper-1 for B.E. / B.Tech. and Paper-2 for B.Arch].
• BC-I / BC-II of Jharkhand State for admission at BIT Deoghar Campus: The candidates must have passed their qualifying exam from the State of Jharkhand and should be BC-I / BC-II of Jharkhand State only. A certificate should have been issued on or after 1st April 2015.
• BC-I / BC-II of Bihar State for admission at BIT Patna Campus: The candidates must have passed their qualifying exam from the State of Bihar and should be BC-I /BC-II/ BC Girls of Bihar State only. A certificate should have been issued on or after 1st April 2015.

Notes:

• Candidates with foreign diplomas should see the EdCIL website for equivalence (http://www.edcil.co.in), and if required should obtain an equivalence certificate from the evaluation division of the AIU (website http://www.aiuweb.org).


• In case any Board awards grades instead of marks, the calculation of equivalent percentage of marks would be multiplied GPA/CGPA by 10 or based on the procedure prescribed by the Board.


• Candidate must have adequate proficiency in written & spoken English to cope up with the programme as all instructions and examinations will be in English only.


• At any level of the studies [Class X or Class XII], a candidate / applicant must have passed all the required subjects at that level from the same Board.

The provisional selections will be made on merit, based on CRL Rank in JEE-MAIN 2016, provided candidates meet the age criteria and other minimum academic requirements as above.

• To start online application, click on the link, create ‘username’ and ‘password’ when prompted. Do not share the username and password with any body else.
• To apply for the B.E. & B.Arch programmes, eligible candidates must complete and submit the application form online only. [The link is available on Institute website www.bitmesra.ac.in]. Pay application fee of Rs.2,500/- (General / OBC candidates) or Rs.1,500/- (SC/ST candidates) through State Bank Collect - net banking or debit/credit card of any nationalized bank in favour of “Birla Institute of Technology” within the given time period. [Fee once remitted shall not be refunded under any circumstances].
• Candidates can use the Online Application Form to apply for the B.E. programme 2016 of the Institute at BIT Deoghar, BIT Jaipur and BIT Patna Campuses, in order of preference by selecting the Campus (choice of place for study) and branches from the prompt. However, you must select your wanted preference before you submit the form online.
• The choices must be filled-in carefully in prudential order since choices, once filled-in, and cannot be modified after submission of application form throughout the counselling.
• Candidates can use the Online Application Form to apply for the B.Arch. programme 2016 of the Institute at BIT Patna Campus only.
• Use separate application form, in case applying for both B.E. and B.Arch programmes and pay additional application fee.
• Candidates are requested to see Institute website for status of their application and other details by using their ‘username’ and ‘password’, as created at the time of filling the online application form.

Notes:

• Candidates should proceed to fill the Online Application Form only after they satisfy themselves that they fulfill all the eligibility criteria.
• For queries about any Campus, please contact Director of respective Campus. [Please see directory on the Institute website for contact details of Mesra and its other Campuses].

Provisional selections to B.E. & B.Arch programmes will be made on merit:

• Based on CRL Rank in JEE (MAIN) 2016 conducted by CBSE, New Delhi.
• Based on various reservation criteria of State and Central Government [see section 06 for distribution of seats at each Campus].
• However, candidates must meet the age criteria and other minimum academic requirements (see eligibility criteria in section 1)